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and sharp ; the anal fin consisted of fourteen 

 rays, of which the three first were strongly acu- 

 leated. The tail was large, rounded at the 

 end, and the rays branched; the ends of the 

 rays extending beyond the webs ; the lateral 

 line was incurvated towards the tail ; the gill 

 covers and body were covered with large scales ; 

 the first were most elegantly spotted, and strip- 

 ed with blue and orange, and the sides spotted 

 in the same manner ; but nearest the back the 

 orange was disposed in stripes ; the back fin 

 and anal fin were of a sea-green, spotted with 

 black ; the ventral fins and tail a fine pea-green ; 

 the pectoral fins yellow, marked at their base 

 with transverse stripes of red. 



Labrus cornubicus. Gm. Lin. Jago. Rati syn. pise. 163. ?• Gold- 



1297- fig. 3. SINNV " 



Goldsinny Cornubiensium, Mr. 



J-HIS and the following species were disco- 

 vered by Mr. Jago on the coast of Cornwall: 

 we never had an opportunity of examining them, 

 therefore are obliged to have recourse to his 

 descriptions, retaining their local names. 



In the whole form of the body, lips, teeth, Dkscru- 

 and fins, it resembles the common Wrasse : it 



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